“He is an absolute gentleman,” says Shastri on Kohli’s on-field behaviour

Dixit Bhargav | 23/12/2018
Shastri on Kohli's on-field behaviour

Shastri on Kohli’s on-field behaviour: The Indian Head Coach defended the Indian captain for his on-field behaviour in the Perth Test.

The sight of India captain Virat Kohli constantly in the ears of the opposition players during the second Test of the ongoing India’s tour of Australia at Perth didn’t go well with many people. While some people claimed Kohli’s on-field behaviour to be healthy for the format, the others considered it as rude and offensive.

It is worth mentioning that Kohli didn’t cross the line at any point in the match. However, his continual verbals seemed to have not gone too well with a section of the viewers.

ALSO WATCH: Virat Kohli and Tim Paine involved in verbal clash.

During his interaction with the media, India coach Ravi Shastri gave the impression of not finding any fault in Kohli’s on-field behaviour. Asked about the same, Shastri was quoted, “Fantastic. What was wrong with his behaviour? People can question [whatever they want to]. As far as we are concerned, he is an absolute gentleman.”

During the interactions, Shastri also updated about the fitness conditions of Indian players in middle-order batsman Rohit Sharma, off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin, all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja and Hardik Pandya.

ALSO WATCH: Virat Kohli and Tim Paine involved in frosty handshake post Perth Test.

The fourth Test of the ongoing India tour of Australia will be played from December 26 at Melbourne. With the series currently level at 1-1, both the team would be looking to register a win in the Boxing Day Test in a bid to secure their status ahead of the last Test.

Read some of the latest Twitter reactions on Kohli below:

 

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Dixit Bhargav

Born and brought up in Pathankot, Dixit Bhargav is an engineering and sports management graduate who works as a Cricket Editor at The SportsRush. Having written more than 10,000 articles across more than five years at TSR, his first cricketing memory dates back to 2002 when former India captain Sourav Ganguly had waved his jersey at the historic Lord’s balcony. What followed for an 8-year-old was an instant adulation for both Ganguly and the sport. The optimist in him is waiting for the day when Punjab Kings will win their maiden Indian Premier League title. When not watching cricket, he is mostly found in a cinema hall watching a Punjabi movie.

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